Thank you. Unlike some other YT channel reviews, your conclusion is identical to mine. The tester costs twice as much as the older ones, is slower, less accurate, and full of bugs. As I am a tech living in a tech Mecca I have bags of surplus parts to test, so I can assure all of your viewers that speed is one of the most important specifications of a component tester. It's important to have a tester that can run its test just about as fast as you can make the connections. Sitting there testing 500 parts in 30 minutes is a whole lot better than spending an hour and a half at it. Thirty minutes I can stand. An hour and a half would drive me nuts.
I purchased the LCR-P1 instrument, and I found a defect in the firmware, even in the latest version 1.0.6, that is, when inserting a diode or a LED, the position of the Anode and Cathode remains unchanged, that is, the instrument does not give the correct indication regarding the insertion of the component.
Yes, it is somewhat sad with FNIRSI their software quality control is lacking. I have several FNISI devices and they are nicely designed from a hardware viewpoint but the firmware invariably has bugs which do not appear to get fixed in the end. I wish they would make their software open source so users can update it and fix bugs.
Those who are considering buying one have not read the manual. They watch a tester review to see what the tester can test and what it cannot. That is what is being presented here.
Make sure to update firmware to begin with before you come to conclusion. These devices meant to just to tell you if the component is good or not. Not for accurate measurement.
I have, the latest of last week was 1.06. FNIRSI seems to release new devices almost weekly and they almost always have bugs or have dysfunctional features. I suspect they either do not have a good team of software engineers or they are over stressed releasing too many devices and do not allow enough time for testing. Their hardware seems to be well designed but their firmware often leaves to be desired so to speak. Perhaps they should release their firmware as open source, then people like us can fix their bugs and add useful features.
Thank you. Unlike some other YT channel reviews, your conclusion is identical to mine. The tester costs twice as much as the older ones, is slower, less accurate, and full of bugs. As I am a tech living in a tech Mecca I have bags of surplus parts to test, so I can assure all of your viewers that speed is one of the most important specifications of a component tester. It's important to have a tester that can run its test just about as fast as you can make the connections. Sitting there testing 500 parts in 30 minutes is a whole lot better than spending an hour and a half at it. Thirty minutes I can stand. An hour and a half would drive me nuts.
I suspect some channels receive stuff to review for free and feel they can't give a negative review.
@@Tech-Relief, exactly. They don't want the gravy-train of better stuff from manufacturers like Fnirsi to stop.
I purchased the LCR-P1 instrument, and I found a defect in the firmware, even in the latest version 1.0.6, that is, when inserting a diode or a LED, the position of the Anode and Cathode remains unchanged, that is, the instrument does not give the correct indication regarding the insertion of the component.
Yes, it is somewhat sad with FNIRSI their software quality control is lacking. I have several FNISI devices and they are nicely designed from a hardware viewpoint but the firmware invariably has bugs which do not appear to get fixed in the end. I wish they would make their software open source so users can update it and fix bugs.
In your video, your made many testing with FNIRSI, with components that it cannot read as clearly specified in the manual...
Those who are considering buying one have not read the manual. They watch a tester review to see what the tester can test and what it cannot. That is what is being presented here.
Make sure to update firmware to begin with before you come to conclusion. These devices meant to just to tell you if the component is good or not. Not for accurate measurement.
I have, the latest of last week was 1.06. FNIRSI seems to release new devices almost weekly and they almost always have bugs or have dysfunctional features. I suspect they either do not have a good team of software engineers or they are over stressed releasing too many devices and do not allow enough time for testing. Their hardware seems to be well designed but their firmware often leaves to be desired so to speak. Perhaps they should release their firmware as open source, then people like us can fix their bugs and add useful features.
not for me